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Jan’s Song – Jam Track

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A while ago someone left a message on one of my pages… “… Recently I came up with a progression for a solo that I thought would not only make the song more interesting but also would force me out of “autopilot”. Well it did well on that last part – I just don’t seem be able [...]

John Coltrane – “Naima” Jamtrack

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John Coltrane composed the Ballard Naima in 1959.  The first recording appeared on the album Giant Steps. It’s a beautiful piece, played over a rich, complex set of chords. Its something that I’ve been meaning to have a go at for a long time. Lets get to the main harmonies. || Bbm7  | Ebm7     | [...]

Spirit of the Radio Intro

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I was chatting to a friend who was has been playing for a year or so. He has just discovered Spirit Of The Radio by Rush. If you’ve not heard it before, here it is on YouTube. He was keen to work out how to play the intro riff, So here it is! Here’s the Powertab: SpiritOfTheRadio.zip If you’re [...]

Ninth Licks

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These are two simple licks that work nicely over a Major chord and it’s extensions. As you can see, I’ve kept the intervals wide throughout both licks, which will contrast with any scaler runs and shapes that you have in your bag of tricks. Both of these are in a G Major tonality – I’ll [...]

Django Reinhardt

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There is very little real footage of Django Reinhardt left, so when I found this I had to post it. Django was a phenomenal guitarist by any measure. However, as you’ll see in this video, he lost most of the movement in two fingers of his left hand in a fire. Yet he was still able to create [...]

Classic Hendrix Lick

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A simple classic lick that I hear everywhere, not just with Hendrix. If you want to hear it in action, give the following a listen – the solo starts at about 1:48 into the track. The lick itself is just a fragment of 3 or 4 notes. Starting with a string bend. Let me write it [...]

Want Moore Licks

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Here’s one of those classic Gary Moore licks. It’s also a great exercise for the left and right hands too, so let’s get to it! All of these patterns are variations of the same theme, using the same 4 note grouping, with 2 notes per string. Let’s write out the simple 4 note repeated shape. How are you [...]

Burn it up Single Handedly!

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This is a simple but flashy lick that you can play with one hand – if you want to pose! I remember first doing this when I learn’t to play the solo to Deep Purple’s song Burn. (If you haven’t got any Deep Purple in your music collection – shame on you!) Anyway let’s get to the [...]

Major 9th Pentatonic Scale

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The Major 9th Pentatonic scale, has some tricky stretches, but is well worth having under your fingers when you’re playing over a Major 7th type chord and its extensions. Just like the Dominant 9th Pentatonic, this is built on the tones of its associated chord. In this case the Major 9th. So we have the notes [...]

Breaking the box

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Most of the Scale and Arpeggio guitar charts, that I draw, show each scale in each position (or box) going up the neck. There is a good reason for this. It is a very good way of learning the accessible notes in a specific key, and in a specific place on the guitar neck. However, [...]